Introducing WORLD WATERSKI LEAGUE

[jayski]

 

Interested in competing but don't want to travel, don't want to expend the monies for tournament fees, accommodations and fuel? Tired of the confines of regulatory bodies or just want to try something different?

 

The World Waterski League lets you be a competitor anywhere and anytime you choose to be. Ski at your home lake, a public lake, a private lake, any place with a course! All you need to do is simply video your 'tournament' style ski set with clear views of the skier passing through the gates, round the buoys and a shot of the end course time after each pass and submit the video to be place on the rankings list! Or if you do ski in a sanctioned tournament from any national organization you can submit your scores with a simple picture of the score sheet or a screen shot of your score! Our rankings list is a running average of your submitted scores and is ability based, not gender specific, and does not require membership with any national organization.

 

Just go to Team App with the link below and search World Waterski League and get the App to start

 

https://www.teamapp.com

 

Check out the "serious stuff" button and get the low down on how it all works!

 

ANNNNND for ease of access for all the Ballers you can hit the "Chatter/Gossip/BS" button and it'll take you right here to Ball Of Spray!

 

 

[jgills88]

That's super interesting, are there any plans to expand it to events beyond slalom, like trick? (Jump would be super difficult without the necessary cameras and crew)

[jayski]

@jgills88 yes they are in the works, and you are correct the logistics of jump are a little more difficult to facilitate in this format.

[jayski]

 

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[schafer]

I think this is a great idea to compete with my buddies that I normally can’t attend the same tournament as. Just as soon as I can melt this ice in the arctic I will post some drysuit video. Never had the chance to post scores in a drysuit before.

 

[APB]

I’m in. Just need the ice to melt. ❤️

 

[Adam Caldwell]

I am missing something..?

 

Do you need to sign up with coaches eye also?

[jayski]

@adamhcaldwell no not necessarily you can just send vids (scores) via email or email screen shots of scores from a actual tournament score sheet. This season is effectively from Oct 1/19 to Aug 31/20 so any tourney scores from last fall can be submitted

[MillerTime38]

Sounds like a great idea, but my experience in the waterski world is everyone is a skeptic

[jayski]

Top 20 on IWSF list, gets free membership!

 

 

[skidawg]

Strava for skiing,,, love this! May have to start skiing again!

[disland]

send your boat path video to @Horton

[coach3]

You are on to something. Hmmm, guess I got to make more of my gates in practice....

[a_bax]

Love it @jayski ! As someone who is interested in trying a tournament...this is such a great way to dip my toe in! I'm all signed up. Now if winter would end...

[UWSkier]

Suggestion: Google Photos allows for sharing of files publicly, including video. It also allows for unlimited storage of video files.

 

Get an older phone that doesn't have optical image stabilization.

Get a pylon camera mount.

Use Wakeye app to automatically record each pass.

After your pass, take phone somewhere it has decent wifi to sync video to the cloud.

For a pass you'd like to submit, in Google Photos, click on the video, and "share to public album."

Copy the video URL and include it in your submission.

 

If using an older phone, the video should be plenty clear in most cases to see buoys. For anyone wishing to time, the audio should easily pick up the beeps from the ZeroOff or PerfectPass.

 

All you need to get started is a gmail account.

 

This is how my ski buddies back in WI and I share ski videos and coach each-other remotely.

 

[jayski]

Thanks for the input @UWSkier

[jhartman8]

Is this app still active? The video link stated that the The team subscription has expired. I think this is a great idea and would love to get my ski friends going on this, as well as have a new method of competing virtually.